[mythtv-users] Zap2it - What's going on

[chris at cpr.homelinux.net]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 02:15:20PM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote:
> 2006-08-24 12:23:34.702 Grabbing data for Thu Aug 24 2006 offset 1
> 2006-08-24 12:23:34.702 From Fri Aug 25 07:00:00 2006 to Sat Aug 26 
> 07:00:00 2006 (UTC)
> --12:23:34--  
> http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService
>            => `-'
> Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160
> Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com|206.18.98.160|:80... 
> connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
> Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com|206.18.98.160|:80... 
> connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: unspecified [text/xml]
> 
>     [ 
> <=>                                                                              
> ] 4,626         --.--K/s

So far, so good.  What this tells us is that your machine IS connecting
to the Zap2It site and has no problem communicating in both directions
at least long enough to authenticate and begin a download.

> 12:38:44 (5.13 B/s) - Read error at byte 4626 (Connection timed 
> 12:53:49 (5.13 B/s) - Read error at byte 4626 (Connection timed 
> 13:08:56 (5.13 B/s) - Read error at byte 4626 (Connection timed 
> 13:24:04 (5.13 B/s) - Read error at byte 4626 (Connection timed 
> 13:39:12 (5.12 B/s) - Read error at byte 4626 (Connection timed 
> 13:54:21 (5.13 B/s) - Read error at byte 4626 (Connection timed 

The point at which the read error occurs is consistent.  What 
package versions are you using for mythbackend and wget?  Are you 
able to use wget manually to download files larger than 4626 bytes 
from other websites?  (Speculation: the Zap2It web server may be 
sending gzipped pages and your machine isn't unzipping them 
properly.)

Just in case there IS something terribly wrong with Friday's 
listings that is causing the download to die, try doing a manual 
test download that avoids the day in question.  If you read this 
while it's still Thursday, try the following:
$ mythfilldatabase --refresh-today --max-days 1
That will reload the Thursday listings.  If you don't get this 
message until Friday, do:
$ mythfilldatabase --refresh-second --max-days 2
That will get Saturday's listings.

If neither of those manual updates work then the problem is 
*definitely* on your end.